Typical work day for PGY1

[tompharm]

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Can anyone till me what the typical work day of a pgy1 is. How many hours do they work in a day and a week. Which hours do they work. Also will they be required to conduct a research study at their hospital?

 

[bacillus1]

A research project is required for pretty much every ASHP-accredited residency. As far as hours, it varies widely among programs. Some have an average of 45-50 hours a week while others may have an average of 60-70 hours.

 

[confettiflyer]

Typical day on my ICU rotation as a resident:

Roll in at 0700, pre-round and work up my patients, go over patients with the student, rounds at 8am, wrap up and work on clinical dosing protocols and/or troubleshoot for the next 2-3 hours or so (wander around the unit, make sure my nurses have what they need, etc...), verify orders in my queue, etc...

Pass off to the other clinical pharmacist then go get some lunch. Come back, invariably I'll have labs drawn for some pt's and levels back after lunch. Some more clinical work. Usually wrap most things up by 2-3pm and then spend another 2-3 hours on various things including:

1) working on a lecture
2) gathering data/ reviewing charts for research
3) working on some random presentation or other project

Usually I'm outta there by 6pm and really do nothing at home. Other residents will tell you they had on-call or other things going on into the evening. Some days went longer, some were shorter if I had something planned that night....so residency never really got in the way of my non-pharmacy social life.

 

[PocketAces5]

Typical day on my ICU rotation as a resident:

Roll in at 0700, pre-round and work up my patients, go over patients with the student, rounds at 8am, wrap up and work on clinical dosing protocols and/or troubleshoot for the next 2-3 hours or so (wander around the unit, make sure my nurses have what they need, etc...), verify orders in my queue, etc...

Pass off to the other clinical pharmacist then go get some lunch. Come back, invariably I'll have labs drawn for some pt's and levels back after lunch. Some more clinical work. Usually wrap most things up by 2-3pm and then spend another 2-3 hours on various things including:

1) working on a lecture
2) gathering data/ reviewing charts for research
3) working on some random presentation or other project

Usually I'm outta there by 6pm and really do nothing at home. Other residents will tell you they had on-call or other things going on into the evening. Some days went longer, some were shorter if I had something planned that night....so residency never really got in the way of my non-pharmacy social life.

Just curious, Was the residency affiliated with a school of pharmacy and/or did you have to lecture classes at a nearby school of pharmacy? Also what size hospital was it (# of beds)?

 

[tompharm]

Would it be appropriate to ask my preceptors for letters of recommendation even though its been about a year since I did my rotations?

 

[Kenzi11611]

My typical day looks like this...
Get to my desk around 6am. Work on PK dosing/monitoring until 6:45/7am (depends on # of pts and how complicated they are and if the nurses actually drew the vanco troughs correctly).
7-9 am. Review all current patients, work up any new admissions. We generally carry 12-16 pts on our team.
9-12pm. Formal rounds with team.
12-1. Meeting/lunch. Depends on the day what happens. Rounds often cuts into this.
1-3pm. Follow up on any daily issues, verify orders for assigned units and my team's patients. Review pts with preceptor. Go to any assigned meetings.
3-5pm. Work on projects. Go to any assigned meetings. Try to leave at 5 pm.